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	01/9/2012
Good Morning LATEST NEWS Stock futures edge up as euro leaders meet, Alcoa eyed NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures edged higher on Monday as investors focused on a European meeting intended to find ways to boost the region's economies and tackle a debt crisis and prepared for the start of U.S. corporate earnings. | Full Article U.S. moves toward legal action against Swiss bank: sources January 09, 2012 06:02 AM ET (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co, which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland's last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case. | Full Article U.S. auto market now industry bedrock January 09, 2012 08:04 AM ET DETROIT (Reuters) - Welcome to an unlikely beacon of hope for the global auto industry -- Detroit. | Full Article Exclusive: Olympus sues current president, ex-directors January 09, 2012 06:29 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources told Reuters on Monday, as the company seeks to draw a line under one of the nation's worst accounting scandals. | Full Article Merkel, Sarkozy seek growth, jobs for euro zone January 09, 2012 08:33 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - The German and French leaders met on Monday to discuss how to boost growth in euro zone states struggling to tackle the sovereign debt crisis and rising unemployment, and to finalize a deal on closer budgetary ties within the currency union. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Iran condemns American to die, starts nuclear bunker January 09, 2012 08:24 AM ET TEHRAN/VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran announced on Monday it had sentenced a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen to death as a spy, and diplomats said it had switched on a uranium enrichment plant deep inside a mountain, actions certain to infuriate the West. | Full Article Analysis: For euro zone, the heat is on again January 09, 2012 08:02 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - The euro zone crisis seemed to vanish from the headlines for a brief moment as 2011 ticked over into 2012, but it is about to return with a vengeance. | Full Article UAE delays oil pipeline to bypass Hormuz January 09, 2012 08:29 AM ET ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has delayed the launch of a crucial oil pipeline to bypass the Straits of Hormuz to mid-2012, which analysts said would add to supply worries at a time when Iran threatens to block the strait for all the Gulf's oil. | Full Article Detroit seeks salvation during Big 3's victory dance January 09, 2012 12:20 AM ET Detroit (Reuters) - Bill Perkins, a Detroit-area car dealer, has ample reason to raise a glass in the early days of January. | Full Article SNB chief to face grilling over currency scandal January 09, 2012 06:02 AM ET BERNE (Reuters) - Swiss parliamentarians met on Monday to grill embattled central bank chief Philipp Hildebrand over the controversial currency trade made by his wife three weeks before he imposed a cap on the soaring Swiss franc. | Full Article HEALTH NEWS Britons told to "stay off drink for two days a week" Argentina's Fernandez sent home, never had cancer Novartis unit to take $120 million charge on recall Bristol to buy Inhibitex for hepatitis C treatment Mixed message from UK and Germany over PIP implants RELATED VIDEO Financial repression may prove helpful Olympus may sue executives for $1.2 billion Reuters Today: Top stories and analysis for Monday morning A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS ODDLY ENOUGH Magpies and bears mourn North Korea's "Dear Leader" Full Article Australian survives terrifying fall after bungee snaps - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend